Brittle Swan-Neck Moss

Campylopus fragilis

(Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. Species

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Botanical name
Campylopus fragilis
Also known as
Brittle Swan-Neck Moss
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Campylopus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Brittle Swan-Neck Moss

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Campylopus fragilis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bryum fragile Campylopus akagiensis Campylopus alpicola Campylopus citrescens Campylopus densus Campylopus densus var. fragilis Campylopus fimbriatus Campylopus flexuosus var. fragilis Campylopus fragilis f. densus Campylopus fragilis f. submersus Campylopus fragilis var. alpicola Campylopus fragilis var. brunnescens Campylopus fragilis var. densus Campylopus fragilis var. gracilis Campylopus laetevirens Campylopus penicillatus Campylopus penicillatus var. major Campylopus pinfaensis Campylopus retinervis Campylopus ruwenzoriensis Campylopus subturfaceus Campylopus torfaceus var. alpicola Campylopus torfaceus var. submersus Campylopus tunariensis Dicranum alpicola Dicranum densum Dicranum flexuosum var. fragile Dicranum flexuosum var. penicillatum Dicranum fragile Dicranum funkii Dicranum laetevirens Dicranum retinerve Dicranum schleicheri Thysanomitrion flexuosum var. saxicola Thysanomitrion pyriforme var. penicillatum

Others in Campylopus

Campylopus anderssonii
Campylopus austrostramineus
Campylopus bicolor
Campylopus brevipilus
Compact Swan-Neck Moss
Campylopus fragilis subsp. goughii
Campylopus fragilis subsp. zollingerianus
Campylopus megalotus
Campylopus abyssinicus

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